MLB Statistics

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YEAR

Team

Lg

G

GS

IP

W

L

SV

H

BB

SO

HR

PPF

H/9

BB/9

HR/9

K/9

GB%

BABIP

WHIP

FIP

ERA

cFIP

DRA

DRA-

WARP

2009

NYA

MLB

13

0

16.3

0

1

0

13

10

10

0

109

7.2

5.5

0.0

5.5

60%

.260

1.41

4.48

3.86

120

7.17

153.7

-0.4

2010

HOU

0

20

0

17.3

2

0

0

12

8

19

1

91

6.2

4.2

0.5

9.9

47%

.262

1.15

3.21

3.12

84

3.25

73.4

0.3

2010

NYA

0

2

0

4.0

0

0

0

7

0

3

1

121

15.8

0.0

2.3

6.8

44%

.400

1.75

4.79

9.00

114

5.62

127.0

0.0

2011

HOU

MLB

71

0

74.3

8

4

20

65

26

66

5

102

7.9

3.1

0.6

8.0

59%

.287

1.22

3.21

2.78

80

3.45

80.1

1.1

2012

BOS

MLB

41

0

45.0

0

2

1

45

12

41

8

104

9.0

2.4

1.6

8.2

51%

.285

1.27

4.53

6.20

88

3.77

86.4

0.5

2013

PIT

MLB

72

0

71.0

3

2

16

60

8

70

1

97

7.6

1.0

0.1

8.9

62%

.296

0.96

1.61

1.39

52

2.09

50.1

2.1

2014

PIT

MLB

72

0

71.0

3

5

33

51

11

71

2

100

6.5

1.4

0.3

9.0

60%

.258

0.87

2.06

1.90

61

2.09

51.4

2.1

2015

PIT

MLB

78

0

76.7

3

2

51

57

14

62

4

97

6.7

1.6

0.5

7.3

58%

.251

0.93

2.84

2.23

69

2.40

56.0

2.1

2016

PIT

0

45

0

41.7

1

1

30

31

9

38

2

99

6.7

1.9

0.4

8.2

49%

.257

0.96

2.70

1.51

71

2.64

58.5

1.1

2016

WAS

0

30

0

29.7

1

1

17

21

3

27

1

93

6.4

0.9

0.3

8.2

65%

.263

0.81

2.10

1.82

65

2.47

54.6

0.9

2017

SFN

MLB

32

0

30.0

1

2

11

37

6

29

3

90

11.1

1.8

0.9

8.7

54%

.374

1.43

3.24

4.50

71

2.75

58.5

0.8

2018

SFN

MLB

41

0

39.0

1

4

3

48

14

31

2

95

11.1

3.2

0.5

7.2

52%

.365

1.59

3.35

3.23

85

3.62

80.9

0.6

2019

SFN

MLB

18

0

19.3

1

0

0

17

8

18

1

86

7.9

3.7

0.5

8.4

65%

.314

1.29

3.33

2.33

93

4.49

96.3

0.1

2010

TOT

MLB

22

0

21.3

2

0

0

19

8

22

2

97

8.0

3.4

0.8

9.3

46%

.298

1.27

3.51

4.22

90

3.70

83.4

0.3

2016

TOT

MLB

75

0

71.3

2

2

47

52

12

65

3

96

6.6

1.5

0.4

8.2

55%

.259

0.90

2.45

1.64

69

2.57

56.9

2.0

Career

MLB

535

0

535.3

24

24

182

464

129

485

31

98

7.8

2.2

0.5

8.2

57%

.288

1.11

2.87

2.74

74

2.98

68.1

11.5

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4 years/$62M (2017-20). Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 12/16. $20M signing bonus ($12M at signing, $8M deferred). 17:$4M, 18:$10M, 19:$14M, 20:$14M. Melancon may opt out of contract after 2018 season. Full no-trade protection. At signing, highest average annual value ever for a relief pitcher.

1 year/$9.65M (2016). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 1/15/16 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Washington in trade from Pittsburgh 7/29/16 with $3,374,863 remaining on contract. Pirates paid Nationals $0.5M as part of the deal.

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20 team dynasty league with 25-man MLB and 25-man MiLB rosters. We're allowed to draft HS/NCAA kids for our farm system, I have the best team on paper by a country mile, and a tendency to win most of my deal (maybe I'm lucky, maybe I play with 19 rubes, maybe it's Maybeline). I have an absolutely filthy SP staff (Kluber, Thor, Strasburg, Verlander, Carrasco, Hamels, Nola, Matz, Giolito, Estrada). My potential trade begins with my offer of Nola, Matz, and a 2018 Rd 1 prospect pick for Seth Beer (OF, Clemson, 2018 class), Austin Beck (OF, HS, 2017) and either Mark Melancon or Evan Gattis. Trade partner is demanding 2 SPs for Beer or 3 for Beer + another player, and wants one of the 2-3 SPs to be Carrasco or better. This guy's biggest need is SP and I think my offer is more than fair. He thinks it's only fair I pay $1.20 on the $1.00 for once (for justice) and says no deal unless I bleed a bit... Who's being unreasonable?(Josh from Evanston)

You're right that your starting rotation is filthy for a 20-team dynasty. I'm not sure either side is being unreasonable as much as it's a realistic demand given the league context. No one really has any incentive to try and do a fair deal with you right now (especially if they're potentially helping you prolong your reign). Given your position, you might simply have to expect to overpay some in any deal given the way teams are likely to work with you.

Again, I don't think either of you are unreasonable, but if 1) you have the best roster and 2) you generally win trades, it's going to be hard for you to get what looks like an even exchange on paper. (Eric Roseberry)

How long would you wait to freak out about a player's performance this season if they're just confirming troubling trends already in place (Shields walking people, Frazier popping pitches up, Giants bullpen being dead, just to throw some examples out)(jfegan from Progressive Field pressbox)

Happy you jim-jammed this question into the chat queue!

I run the risk of running afoul of all of those studies evaluating how many PAs/IPs it takes before a given stat stabilizes by offering my own opinion. It's super context-specific, though. With regard to the Giants bullpen, I'm not worried at all if Mark Melancon gets off to a bad start. I suspect he'll be his usual, effective self. But the rest of the bullpen is a lot of the same guys as last year, no?

Frazier is doomed to crater, as he's a power bat the White Sox acquired from outside the organization.

That said, I guess freaking out is context dependent, too! How many disasters would have to befall the Cubs before you would reasonably start to worry about their ability to cruise into the playoffs? But if you're the aforementioned Giants you have a much smaller margin for error.

Then again if you're a Giants fan maybe you should wait a decade or two before you freak out about anything. (Nick Schaefer)

Have one slot available to go dumpster diving for future saves. Who would you pickup: Andrew Bailey or Caleb Cotham? Any other dark horses you like out there? Cheers(Red Phil from Closer to you)

I took Bailey in the one 12-team mixed I do, but this is because it's first come/first serve and Cotham was gone. I like Cotham better. The free agent pool in all of my leagues looks pretty dire, and most of the alluring names have already been taken. You can try Neftali Feliz if he's there, even though I believe in Mark Melancon and think he'll be fine. (Mike Gianella)

Any good non-closer RP that should be targeted in NL only for $1?(craneplace from The Present)

In NL-only for $1 you really could grab a number of quality middle relievers and be happy. If you're asking from a saves perspective, I like Vic Black on the Mets, Mark Melancon on the Pirates and Pedro Strop on the Cubs. I don't know if any of those guys will go for $1, but they could get saves. A.J. Ramos is another guy who could be a "post-hype" saves guy and pick up a few or get the job if Steve Cishek gets traded or is ineffective. (Mike Gianella)

True or False. Mark Melancon will be the Pirates closer by the end of the year. Do you like how he's been throwing?(Roman from Bloomington)

I'll say he'll get some saves but I won't say he'll be named closer. Haven't seen him this spring, but I like his stuff. He's got a great breaking ball and cuts his fastball (can sink it, too). (Harry Pavlidis)

Grill probably falls into the underrated category. There is a lot of noise about Mark Melancon taking Grilli's job, but Grilli's numbers were solid last year and if he's healthy he probably hangs on. Greg Holland's walk rate was high last year, but the other numbers were strong and like Grilli the noise about Holland's set-up might keep the price low. Tom Wilhelmsen is a somewhat low profile but proved himself in 2012. I like Janssen if the health is there but the health gets me nervous. At least at the moment. (Mike Gianella)

If Capps keeps dropping the ball, so to speak, who's next in line for saves there?(Sully from Los Angeles, CA)

I guess it's still not time to go back to Joe Nathan, ay? I don't know, and I'm not sure that it matters in real-world terms. Even with as much life as they've shown lately, the Twins are 11.5 games out and don't have the ammo to make a real push. Closers will come--just look at the Astros and Mark Melancon... Who the Yankees threw away. (Steven Goldman)

I hope so, but right now I'm not terribly optimistic that they've got the solutions on hand. Albaladejo ain't it, and I'm skeptical Melancon's it either - they're going to have to go outside the organization to get an arm or two. (Jay Jaffe)

Joe-
With Rivera 39 years old, who might the Yanks transition into his successor -- spend a lot on a "proven" closer or let someone like Aceves take over?(Rich from Evanston)

I think Mark Melancon will be the heir apparent in 2011, although it's not entirely clear that Rivera is going to be done by then. 29/1 K/UIBB this year; is the HR rate a blip or the Hoffmanesque sign of decline? (Joe Sheehan)

What do the Yankees need to do to hold onto (I know its early) a playoff spot? Sort through their pile of middle relief arms? Or do they need to make a trade? Anything else they should address? Do you think the improved defense and increased Ks mean they are less likely to crash out of the Division Series, as they did in '02, '05-'07?(Nick Stone from New York, NY)

Hey Nick! The Yanks certainly need to fortify their bullpen, and in the forthcoming BP/ESPN soup du jour I've advocated they try Phil Hughes in relief once Chien-Ming Wang reclaims his starting job. I'd also like to see them give Mark Melancon another look, but I suspect they probably need to get an experienced arm from outside the organization if Brian Bruney's not going to be back anytime soon.

The improved D and high-K staff are nice, but they're compromised by the homer-iffic tendencies of the staff, particularly the bullpen. Until we see Sabathia, Chamberlain and Burnett all firing on the requisite cylinders, I don't think they've got anything that guarantees them a playoff spot, let alone a ride through to the LCS round. (Jay Jaffe)

Hi Steven. Do you think the Yankees should trade or release Veras and Ramirez?(Kevin from Texas)

My coffee finally arrived... It's easy to get frustrated with Veras and Ramirez, particularly the latter because he's so vulnerable to the home run. He's been a mess this year, with more walks than he can sustain, more than anyone this side of Nolan Ryan could sustain, and the longball rate is insane. He shouldn't be released, nor should Veras, but there's certainly an argument to be made for sending him down given that he's done just about nothing right so far. The question is, who do you replace him with? The Yankees have already sorted through Mark Melancon and Dave Robertson and are now looking at Brett Tomko for goshsakes. Steve Jackson sat in the pen for two weeks without being tried like he had been blacklisted or something... Veras's problem has always been control, and it's probably worth giving him more time to get it locked down again. Unlike Ramirez, he's not a gimmick pitcher. (Steven Goldman)